Bill Text: NY A02050 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a prohibition on trapping animals for sport.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to environmental conservation [A02050 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02050-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2050
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, ORTIZ, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. GLICK, GOTTFRIED, V. LOPEZ, MAISEL, MILLMAN -- read once  and
         referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
         prohibiting trapping for sport in New York state
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  11-1101 of the environmental conservation law is
    2  amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    3    13. NO PERSON WHO OWNS, OPERATES OR MANAGES A  FACILITY  THAT  HARBORS
    4  FOX,  OTTER,  BEAVER  OR MUSKRAT FOR TRAPPING SHALL KNOWINGLY PERMIT THE
    5  TAKING ON SUCH PREMISES BY ANY PERSON WHO PAYS A FEE TO TAKE  SUCH  LIVE
    6  ANIMALS BY TRAPPING FOR SPORT.
    7    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    8  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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